At some point in January, I said my 2011 resolution would be to cover rap more here. Well, it’s April and here is the first Japanese-centric hip-hop post that isn’t American (sorry Odd Future) or fake-ass “rap” (sorry Funky Monkey Babys). Personal aside, I’m hesitant to write about Japanese rap because there already exists an…
http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/xfmz9d_yo-yo-facepalm-yo_webcam?additionalInfos=0yo yo facepalm yoアップロード者 marlowalls. – 動画ブログや動画ブロガーをもっとみる。 For all the great attributes that draw us to them in the first place, friends also usually boast a few traits we aren’t fond of and can sometimes be annoying. No biggie, no human can be perfect to anyone – otherwise great people will sometimes focus a little…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mImejKvKn4M&hl=en_US&fs=1&] I’m pretty much in full agreement with Neaux when he labels Japanese rapper DELI’s song “Itsumademo” as “WTF.” Everything about this dude and song seems head scratching…Autotune, a video where symbolism comes via someone overfilling various cups, the fact this guy’s named freakin’ DELI. This should just be an e-mail attachment to a message…
I’ve been trying to find decent Japanese hip hop for a long-ass time now, but it’s no easy task despite the genre sorta sitting out in the open. The mainstream music establishment doesn’t embrace hip hop as much as they try to appropriate, giving artists songs with some light rhyming or maybe throw a turntable…